northman on Nostr: Leaders are often in emotional turmoil when they embark on a new risky venture. ...
Leaders are often in emotional turmoil when they embark on a new risky venture. Knowing Vladimir Putin, he would have agonized over whether his decision to launch the Special Military Operation in Ukraine was right one. This turmoil would have been particularly acute given the doubts on whether Russia would be able to prevail militarily, economically and politically following the Nato's response.
Subsequent comments by Volodymyr Zelensky, Angela Merkel and François Hollande with respect to the Minsk Agreements, by Naftali Bennett about the March 2022 peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and by Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan and Joe Biden about the preparations the U.S. and Nato were making well in advance of the war (including those pertaining to Nord Stream), must have confirmed to Putin that the decision was not only the correct one, but an essential one. Putin's confident demeanour during today's annual address to parliament suggests that those doubts are now over.
In stark contrast, the leaders in Nato and its constituent members were supremely confident at the start of the war. Today they are panicking and sounding increasingly hysterical. And the mainstream press in Nato countries has totally lost its mind!
Subsequent comments by Volodymyr Zelensky, Angela Merkel and François Hollande with respect to the Minsk Agreements, by Naftali Bennett about the March 2022 peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, and by Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan and Joe Biden about the preparations the U.S. and Nato were making well in advance of the war (including those pertaining to Nord Stream), must have confirmed to Putin that the decision was not only the correct one, but an essential one. Putin's confident demeanour during today's annual address to parliament suggests that those doubts are now over.
In stark contrast, the leaders in Nato and its constituent members were supremely confident at the start of the war. Today they are panicking and sounding increasingly hysterical. And the mainstream press in Nato countries has totally lost its mind!